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Subtle Is the Lord Subtle Is the Lord Abraham Pais A biography of Albert Einstein, told through various scientific and technical correspondences, including those with Michele Besso. Pais discusses the world of physics before Einstein, during Einstein… OL1238360W
Eternity Eternity Greg Bear Earth is struggling from the ravages of nuclear Death. The leader of the first expedition to Thistledown, an asteroid starship, Garry Lanier, has grown old, bitter, weary, unwilling to live. Suddenly… OL16516W
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Diane Dakers "Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and an intellectual giant of the twentieth century. This fascinating biography reveals Einstein's life story, and how his theories changed the way we look… OL17926155W
Niels Bohr Niels Bohr A. P. French,Niels Bohr In this volume, various distinguished atomic physicists write about their personal experiences with Niels Bohr. They also discuss his scientific work and the quantum revolution. It contains many pict… OL17978208W
The value of saving The value of saving Spencer Johnson A brief biography of the outstanding 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman, emphasizing the value of saving in his life. OL1864126W
My Brief History My Brief History Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant cosmologists of our time, and author of the 10 million copy bestselling A Brief History of Time, one of the iconic books of its generation. Now, for the f… OL19710012W
Comprendre la physique Comprendre la physique Frédéric Borel Initiation pédagogique et ludique à la physique. Sous la forme d'un QCM commenté, l'ouvrage explique les principaux phénomènes, décrit les grandes découvertes et présente les physiciens célèbres. OL19836047W
J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer Peter Goodchild Interviews and newly released FBI material help to answer questions about the life, personality, and work of the man who headed the Los Alamos atom-bomb project and was later dismissed as a security … OL2002423W
Disturbing the universe Disturbing the universe Freeman J. Dyson Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research section of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, through his studies with Hans Bethe at Cornell Univ… OL2007224W
Les Becquerel Les Becquerel Loïc Barbo Il y a cent ans, le prix Nobel de physique était décerné pour la première fois à des Français : Henri Becquerel, Pierre et Marie Curie. Récit vivant et documenté de la transmission d'un héritage inte… OL20935644W
3-minute Einstein 3-minute Einstein Paul Parsons "Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein, but few people have a clear idea of what his theories are all about. Paul Parsons is one of the people who does understand Einstein's theories, and in this ing… OL23436806W
Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Charles Thorpe At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulte… OL235743W
Pathway to anyverse Pathway to anyverse Larry Morris Earth is in serious trouble. In fact, our whole universe is in trouble. William and Kelly discover the trouble is coming from another universe. They must try to stop it before our universe, and many … OL28957656W
Einstein Einstein Illus. with photos,Walter Isaacson Albert Einstein's life and times. OL4288870W
Gerhard Herzberg Gerhard Herzberg B. P. Stoicheff "Gerhard Herzberg (1904-1999) was one of the greatest scientists of the last century. He was born and educated in Germany and started his research just as the exciting discovery of quantum mechanics … OL6069075W